NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY SOLUTIONS
Natural Resources and Energy
Nations Capital has a deep expertise in natural resources, having invested in the industry since 2010. As an extension of its private equity business, Nations Capital has built a dedicated natural resources investment team, which specializes exclusively in this market. While Nations Capitals global private equity funds invest in the natural resources space, we identified an incremental need for capital across the energy, metals and mining, and agriculture sectors and raised dedicated natural resources private equity funds to take advantage of the opportunity. Today, these funds co-invest alongside our private equity fund partners in larger opportunities as well as smaller compelling opportunities on their own. Nations Capital natural resources division benefits from: a dedicated investment team with deep industry knowledge; an extensive network of relationships across the energy, metals and mining, and agriculture sectors; and an ability to create downside-protected portfolios across multiple natural resources sectors focused on delivering attractive risk-adjusted returns.
Petroleum Solutions
We assist entrepreneurs needing seed, early stage or joint venture funding for Oil and Gas projects. Projects may vary from development drilling (e.g. bypassed pay, in-fill wells, re-completions), production acquisition, infrastructure, processing equipment, applying proven technology or startup of a new service company.
Middle-market borrowers have limited funding options, unlike larger borrowers who have large borrowing bases sufficient in size to access the low-cost loans, longer and more flexible terms. The cost of debt and limits on terms increase for those smaller companies who cannot offer a large balance sheet that carries sufficient liquidity the lenders now require.
Nations Capital solutions includes private equity, bridge financing, acquisition finance, invoice factoring, project financing, share liquidity solutions and venture debt. Financial instruments include unsecured debt, secured debt, mezzanine debt and convertible debt. As part of the design of the funding solution, Nations Capital may coordinate a complementary equity financing round in conjunction with the debt financing.
Our Petroleum division supports and provides financing and equity in the following areas: Crude oil, Natural gas liquid (NGL), Gasoline, Naphtha, Kerosene, Jet fuel, Gas oil, Fuel oil, Lubricant, Asphalt, Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), Liquefied natural gas (LNG), Natural gas.
Growing demand for energy project funding continues in what is now the nation’s largest industry sector. Capital demands are driven primarily by the need to support infrastructure for continued production growth, as well as aging infrastructure and renewable power expansions
Precious Metals Mining Solutions
The mining and metals sector has faced a number of challenges as a result of reduced global demand, sustained low commodity prices and high operating costs. Investors and banks have moved away from the sector, reducing access to capital and forcing mining companies to seek alternative means of funding new projects and of operating, refinancing and restructuring existing assets. Nations Capital has added Private Equity funding to assist the mining and natural resource industry continue to operate and provide the financing at attractive rates and terms.
Nations Capital investors provides equity and loan financing for mining companies to build projects that benefit owners, investors, and local communities. We offer an integrated approach that combines financing with industry expertise and assistance in maximizing projects’ while minimizing their environmental impacts. Under our unique Private Equity Program, we support clients’ mining projects at the pre-feasibility stage by becoming a shareholder and long-term partner.
Our Mineral resources division investors supports and provides financing and equity in the following areas:
Iron ore, Pellet, Direct reduced iron, Pig iron, Minor metals, Coking coal, Coke, Thermal coal, Nuclear fuel, Aluminum, Alumina, Rolled aluminum products, Aluminum mold materials, Non-ferrous metals and Aluminum products around the globe.
Our financing supports exploration, development, expansion, refinancing, financial restructuring and rehabilitation. This includes private equity, quasi-equity, loans, capital markets access and mobilization.